He told Express Sport ahead of UFC 223: "We look at the whole division and see potential match-ups. And for me, I try to break everybody down.

“I’d look at Khabib, and I have looked at Khabib, and kind of worked out how I’d like to see Conor approach the fight.

“And the same with Ferguson, I have my thoughts on how he should approach that.

“And so does John and so does Conor. That’s the way we work.

“We all put out cards on the table and see what we think is going to work and what we think will help us get the victory.

“And then put them into practice and we leave what works and take away what doesn’t work.”

Meanwhile, McGregor took to his Instagram page over the weekend to congratulate his friend Dillon Danis, who paid his bail after his New York bus incident earlier in the year, on his successful Mixed Martial Arts debut.

McGregor, 29, has been training with Danis, 24, for a number of years, and the American scored his first professional Mixed Martial Arts win at Bellator 198 with a first round submission of Kyle Walker.

McGregor said in the post, which was liked by over a million of his 23.3 million followers, "Congrats to my brother Dillon Danis on winning his MMA debut tonight! #Proud"

Speaking exclusively with the Irish Daily Mirror before the hotly anticipated fight, Danis had said of his friendship with McGregor: “It didn’t even cross my mind to do something like [paying McGregor’s bail], because I know he would do it for me.”

The confident American, who was cornered by SBG head coach John Kavanagh for his first professional fight, was keen to heap praise on the Irishman, who he sees as a ‘great role model’.

“To be honest, I feel like he’s the modern day Bruce Lee and a lot of people don’t see it just because he isn’t a coach.

“But he’s a very good mentor and a very good mind to be around. He’s awesome… He’s a great role model for me.”